• 2021-04-14
    The 1918 Pandemic
    Narrator: November 1918, Armistice Day. Around the world, people celebrate the end of four years of 1 . But there’s another horror unfolding in the shadow of war. A deadly 2 sweeping the world. Schools and theatres are shut down. Coffins are 3 high. The flu pandemic kills over 4 people. Many of them die cruelly.
    Doctor: She’d finally drowned in her profuse, thin, bloodstained sputum, constantly bubbling forth.
    Narrator: Only by going back to rare and previously unseen letters, diaries and memoirs of those who fought the 5 can we fully understand what happened.
    Nurse: Just try and breathe.
    Narrator: The heroic efforts of nurses and doctors. Fateful decisions of key officials.
    Officials: The relentless needs of warfare justify the risk of spreading infection.
    Narrator: The experience of ill and the dying.
    Girl: My grandmother tells me my mother has gone to Jesus. But I want my mummy back.
    Narrator: Hidden in this personal testimony are clues that can benefit us today.
    Male Voice: What if the apocalyptic 1918 pandemic were to recur? That’s a scary prospect.
    Narrator: Pinpointing the lessons learned and mistakes made in 1918 will help prepare us for the next global 6 .

    Female Voice: Everybody would agree that another flu pandemic will happen. And what 1918 does is illustrate to us how bad it could be.
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      45、【单选题】What kind of world is created in The Miguel Street?A、A slum.B、A world rich in characters with distinct features.C、A world that centers around the narrator’s family.D、A world full of thieves and villain.

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      When the narrator and Polly have their first date, the narrator says that what he has got in mind is a little eccentric. Why?

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      Which of the following is NOT included in the passage? A: The narrator's father had made rapid progress. B: The narrator was proud of his father for his courage. C: The narrator's son thought his granddad was great. D: The narrator's father was not satisfied with himself.

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      What are the characteristics of external narrator?

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      What’s NOT true about the narrative perspective of “In Another Country”?‌​‌ A: the story is told by an external narrator B: the story is told in an objective third person C: the young American soldier is the narrator of the story D: the story is told from the American’s point of view